President’s Message

MBA has grown significantly and I am excited to continue our mission of advocating a healthy midtown business community. Our recent growth will enable us to better serve our members and the stakeholders in the community. If you are new to MBA, welcome!

We advocate for our membership, giving them a voice in maintaining and improving our area. Over our 30+ year history, we’ve cultivated a good working relationship and an open dialogue with local government officials. MBA involvement has been as simple as graffiti abatement, or much more complex, such as working with the city and state to help close down problem businesses.

Midtown is one of the most established parts of Omaha and around 30,000 people calling it home. It only makes sense that hundreds of businesses – from sole proprietor to Fortune 500 – choose to locate here. Midtown Crossing, UNMC, The Nebraska Medical Center, Creighton, and dozens of small business/non-profit entities have invested heavily in the area.

We encourage our members and stakeholders to give preference with their commerce to MBA members. In many cases, those business owners live here and the dollars spent have a higher likelihood of staying in the area. Please click on our MBA Directory tab to see a list of our members.

We as a board believe that healthy neighborhoods enable healthy businesses, and vice versa. For years, MBA has also supported the Integrated Learning Program, an OPS school formerly known as Yates (click the ILP tab on our site to learn more).

Please join us for one of our nine public lunches every year – where we bring in speakers to discuss topics closely related to our members – or one of our quarterly networking events. All of our upcoming events are listed on our website: www.MidtownBusinessAssociation.org. While you’re there, click the Join tab and become a member. Whether interested in joining, listening to one of our monthly speakers, or in need of a grant to improve a property, we’d love to meet you!